Exclusive: Obama Tied for Second in NCAA Pool, Gene Sperling on Top, White House Photog Not Doing Great

According to double-secret sources inside the White House, the results from Day One of the Executive Office of the President NCAA pool have been tabulated. Out of 284 current and former White House staffers, nine correctly picked 15 out of the first 16 games. In this rarefied company is Gene Sperling, #16 on GQ's D.C. Power List and the director of the National Economic Council (who picked Michigan to go all the way). The First Fan isn't doing too badly, either: Obama is tied for second, with 35 others, after picking 14 of 16 day one games correctly.

Pity White House photographer Pete Souza, mired in a tie for 245th place after picking just 10 games correctly. Safe to assume this will earn him plenty of ribbing aboard Air Force One today as POTUS and Co. wing their way to Chicago and Atlanta for fundraisers. Also safe to assume that not much Presidential work will be getting done inside the Big Bird's TV-equipped conference room. Sorry, Cabinet.